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11 years freelance and in-house graphic design and project management experience, 7 years web-development experience, with a primary focus on tourism, hospitality and event marketing.

Freelance work includes web development and/or maintenance, print advertising, direct mail, menus, in-house collateral, promotional materials, custom emails, etc. As Creative Services Manager for Seattle's Convention and Visitors Bureau, responsibilities included development and management of 3-4 SCVB websites, direct mail, advertising, and promotional collateral design, and maintaining brand standards for the entire organization.

I am open to exploring an "outside the box" worklife. I am self-employed, maintaining clients remotely yet easily and immediately accessed via email, cell, or drop-in. Outsourcing your one-person in-house art department frees up YOUR labor budget and makes MY work/life managable and enjoyable. Its a win-win for all. A one-stop shop, I handle web, ad prep, direct mail, publications, email campaigning, custom blog set-up -- you name it.

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Recent Launch:

Cultural & Heritage Tourism Alliance

Cultural & Heritage Tourism Alliance Website

EXPERIENCE IN-HOUSE
SEATTLE'S CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU, Seattle, WA
Creative Services Manager 2005-2008 (on contract post-employment)
Responsibilities for the Bureau included development and management of three permanent Bureau websites (and an assortment of micro-sites,) direct mail, advertising, promotional collateral design, email marketing, and maintaining brand standards for the entire organization. Asides while on staff at SCVB include collaborating with the Port of Seattle to provide a face lift to the International Terminal interior at SeaTac Airport, Summer 2008.

SCVB web sites developed include:
VisitSeattle.org
CulturalAffair.org
PCMCSeattle.org
SeattleSuperSaver.com
Why Tourism Matters

EVENT MANAGEMENT & PROMOTIONS, Santa Monica, CA
Graphic Designer 1999-2000

 

FREELANCE

CURRENT WEB CLIENTS
Trend Productions
VMCFoundation.org

CHTAlliance.com
SeattleHotelAssociation.org
WashingtonFilmWorks
Dragonfish Asian Cafe
Triumph Expo & Events
Triad Development, Inc
Roosevelt Hotel
Paramount Hotel

 

PRINT/OTHER
Downtown Seattle Association
Eagle River (AK) Nature Center
Roosevelt Hotel, Seattle
Paramount Hotel, Seattle
Cultural & Heritage Tourism Alliance
DragonfishCafe.com
Allied Arts of Seattle
Seattle Int'l Film Festival
Restaurant Group, Inc.

SKILL SET Graphic Design
Software: Adobe CS3 (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Acrobat)
Traditional and Digital illustration
Keynote (Mac's Powerpoint)

Web Design, Email Marketing
HTML, ASP, Javascript, CSS, Adobe GoLive, Adobe CS3 (Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Flash), Constant Contact, Blogger, iWeb

EDUCATION Art Institute of Los Angeles, 1998-1999
Art Institute of Seattle, 1997-1998
University of Alaska, Anchorage, AK 1992-1996
AFFILIATIONS & ACCOLADES Lake Champlain Regional Chamber of Commerce, Member
Allied Arts of Seattle, Past Board Member
ADIM (Art Directors Invitational Masters) 2007 Design Conference 3rd place design competition finisher. See project (#20) >>
FLUFF I haven't always been a creative geek. Past experiences include waiting tables, line cook, executive chef, hotel accountant and revenue manager, taxi driver, and running a remote sport fishing lodge in Alaska. Suffice it to say - I love the outdoors, adventure, and providing great hospitality and service - regardless of the field.

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SNAIL MAIL - New Address!
Lara Dickson
62 Austin Road
Swanton, VT 05488

EMAIL
laramdickson@mac.com

PHONE
(206) 979-0109

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